Chapter Ten
Dell slipped through the arena entrance, lost among the crowd of commoners using this entrance. His family would have used the merchant’s gate, which allowed them to sit in proximity to the king.
He was glad for that because they’d f*******n him to come.
He walked straight for the boxing area, longing to get his chance at a fight. Madran tradition said the princess could choose any man common or merchant, to wed, but everyone knew that wasn’t true and they allowed only those of quality to put their name in the draw.
A man bumped into Dell, jostling him as he rushed forward.
Orlo.
Dell’s fists clenched, and he counted backward in his head. Fighting an unsanctioned fight in the king’s presence would mean imprisonment.
Orlo glanced over his shoulder as if seeing Dell for th
